Excerpt: ...It escaped him for the moment that Joyce was thinking about her own safety, while Moya was anxious about his, but later he was to remember it. He had not been gone ten minutes before Joyce was sound asleep. She trusted him and she trusted Moya, and for her that was enough. All her life she had relied on somebody else to bear the brunt of her troubles. But the girl with the powdered freckles beneath the dusky eyes carried her own burdens. She too had implicit confidence in the champion who had come out of the ...
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Excerpt: ...It escaped him for the moment that Joyce was thinking about her own safety, while Moya was anxious about his, but later he was to remember it. He had not been gone ten minutes before Joyce was sound asleep. She trusted him and she trusted Moya, and for her that was enough. All her life she had relied on somebody else to bear the brunt of her troubles. But the girl with the powdered freckles beneath the dusky eyes carried her own burdens. She too had implicit confidence in the champion who had come out of the storm to help them and had taken his life in hand to do it. Her heart went out to him with all the passionate ardor of generous youth. She had never met such a man, so strong, so masterful, and yet so boyish. Her brain was far too active for slumber. She sat before the stove and went over the adventures of the past two hours. How strange that they had met him again in this dramatic fashion. Perhaps he lived at Goldbanks now and they would see more of him. She hoped so mightily, even though there persisted in her mind a picture of his blue-gray eyes paying homage to Joyce. CHAPTER XIII SHOT TO THE CORE WITH SUNLIGHT The storm had blown itself out before morning. A white world sparkled with flashes of sunlight when Moya opened the door of the cabin and gazed out. Looking down into the peaceful valley below, it was hard to believe that death had called to them so loudly only a few hours earlier. Kilmeny emerged from the shaft-house and called a cheerful good-morning across to her. "How did you sleep?" he shouted as he crunched across the snow toward her. "Not so very well. Joyce slept for both of us." Their smiles met. They had been comrades in the determination to shield her from whatever difficulties the situation might hold. "I'm glad. Is she quite herself this morning? Last night she was very tired and a good deal alarmed." "Yes. After you came Joyce did not worry any more. She knew you would see that everything came right." The color crept...
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